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    Anthem for Doomed Youth

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    Owen uses a contrast within the title ‚ “Doomed Youth” ‚ he does this deliberately because using “doomed youth” ‚ puts the young people of war and he try’s to discourage them as it is nothing like what the propaganda claim it to be. The first question highlights animal imagery ‚ “dying like cattle” ‚ this shows the soldiers are nameless. There death lacks dignity ‚ dehumanised. Personification is used to mirror the guns ‚ “anger of the guns” ‚ in the noun phrase it makes the guns sound real. Owen

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    Identifying language techniques Composers use various language techniques or features to make their texts more interesting and engaging to the responder. Some language techniques used by Stephen Herrick in The Simple Gift are: • simile: comparing one thing with another using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ • metaphor: a comparison where one thing is said to be another • colloquial language: everyday speech characterised by informal language and shortened words (g’day‚ can’t) • direct

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    Contrast in “Days of Obligation” Acclaimed American author Richard Rodriquez’s autobiography “Days of Obligation” conveys that his feelings for both Mexico and the United States can be expressed through contrasts. Rodriquez uses pathos‚ tropes‚ and schemes to articulate his feelings. His purpose for writing about the contrasts between Mexico and California is to help readers understand the differences that affected his life. Rodriguez’s relationship with his literate audience is personal‚ since

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    and those which are unbiased? Comment on their impact once you have matched them up. Fact Negative language An interpretation of a law for social networking sites Positive language Warnings about social networking sites Rhetorical question Reassurances for the reader A suggestion for how the reader can help protect young people online Opinion ‘It is not easy talking to a young person about their social networking online or offline.’ ‘… is it any wonder why

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    uses animals and their characteristics to bring across his message‚ and uses rhetorical questions throughout the poems in order to challenge the reader. For example in ‘The Tyger’ Blake asks “What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”. Here we are challenged to imagine someone or something so powerful as to be able to create this animal. The first line of ‘The Lamb’‚ Blake asks a rhetorical question “Little Lamb‚ who made thee?” but in this poem Blake gives us the answer in the

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    balanced complex compound Compound-complex Syntax Techniques Antithesis Parallelism Repetition anaphora Rhetorical Question Analysis of a Text Meaning and Effect related to sentences and syntax Rhetorical analysis focused on syntax Types (Modes) Expository analytical The Process of Composition Prewriting determination of purpose generation of ideas

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    Poem analysis: “Miracles” by Walt Whitman 1. The first time I read through “Miracles‚” it felt like the positive energy stored in the poem was jumping onto me. I am more of an optimistic person‚ so I tend to be positive in everything I do. I feel very blessed when I’m eating dinner with my family‚ when I’m with friends‚ when I’m riding a school bus‚ and when I’m looking at the sky. So‚ I could relate to this poem very well; it was like the poet read my mind. 2. People may say why make much

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    and hopelessness at what life has become for him without her. To convey his theme to the reader‚ Hardy uses a range of language and literary devices such as juxtaposition‚ varied line length‚ sound devices‚ imagery‚ connotation‚ word choice‚ rhetorical question and repetition. In the first stanza Thomas Hardy illustrates his great grief at the loss of his wife. He misses her a great deal and senses that she is calling out to him. He longs for her and longs to be with her. The depth of his grief is

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    this use of language helped you to understand one or more important idea in the text. “Still I rise” a poem by Maya Angelou is about a black woman’s point of view towards a white person in the 1900’s. Angelou used various language techniques‚ rhetorical questions‚ metaphor‚ and similes to show us her thoughts at the time when she was being ruled over. Self-esteem was the reason that the poet wrote this poem in the first place and it was self-esteem that she overcome the obstacles she faced in life.

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    being the negative influence on the poem‚ is rhetorical questions. ‘Will you get me out of this bird suit?’ could emphasize Atwood’s belief that men are superficial and care only about the looks of a woman. The ‘bird suit’ may symbolize the outside beauty of a woman and the inside of the suit could represent the personality‚ which she may see as equally or more beautiful. The use of a rhetorical question displays the hidden secrets and many unanswered questions within a relationship. The personal pronoun

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